"You go first, I don't want to be accused of bullying the weak."
"This kind of behavior would be against the rules in my Spirit Mountain Buddhist sect. I'm destined to be the eldest disciple brother of Journey to the West, and I won't set a bad example by knowingly breaking the rules."
"So, please, my future third brother, demonstrate for me!"
The more anxious Zhou Wuxian became, the more impulsive he grew, while Sun Kong remained calm and confident.
Gradually, he even rediscovered the feeling he had when teasing Guanyin and the others.
The difference was, Guanyin, as one of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas, was powerful. She hadn't been unable to defeat him from the start, but had merely held back due to the circumstances of the Journey to the West.
Of course, later, after Sun Kong broke through to Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, reaching the same realm as Guanyin, she could no longer threaten him with brute force.
But that was a different story.
As for Zhou Wuxian, he was clearly destined to be the next Buddha or Bodhisattva, but for now, his fighting spirit surpassed that of most beings in Spirit Mountain.
However, his cultivation, realm, self-control, and wisdom were, at most, on par with the two gatekeepers, Ananda and Kasyapa.
This level of power would be fine for a demon.
But for Sun Kong, who hoped for this future third brother to achieve greater things, it was far from sufficient.
Thus, it was for this reason.
Without waiting for Zhou Wuxian to offer his self-deprecating courtesy, Sun Kong spoke first, further provoking Zhou Wuxian's anger and intensifying his impulsiveness.
As expected.
The next second.
Zhou Wuxian indeed became furious, and without a word, he swung his Sun-Moon Staff towards Sun Kong, who was a thousand zhang away, with a mighty blow.
"Sun Wukong, watch out!"
"Although my Sun-Moon Staff isn't the Divine Needle from the Eastern Sea, it's a divine weapon forged over countless years from the essence of the sun and moon. It can strike down heavenly soldiers and generals in the celestial realm, and sweep away generals and ghostly soldiers in the underworld."
"One strike, to pierce the nine heavens."
"One strike, to sweep clean the Yellow Springs River."
"One strike, to vanquish armies, making gods and buddhas tremble. I hope you truly possess some skill, otherwise, if I kill you, your soul will descend to the underworld and it will be impossible to enter Buddhism again. That would be quite unsightly."
"Heh heh!"
After a few self-assured laughs, Zhou Wuxian fully activated the Sun-Moon Staff in his hand, wielding a colossal force of trillions of jin, which rolled towards Sun Kong!
Judging by its speed, it was indeed not weak.
Among Sun Wukong's original seven sworn brothers, only Sun Wukong in his Somersault Cloud state and the Great Sage of Chaos, Peng Demon King, could barely match it.
The others were inferior.
Looking at its power, it was even stronger.
If Sun Kong were not a transmigration, if he didn't have the system's help to improve and break through, if he were still the original hot-tempered Sun Wukong.
He might have needed hundreds of rounds to determine who was superior and who was inferior.
And to defeat Zhou Wuxian, it would have taken at least three days and three nights.
But unfortunately.
None of these "ifs" existed.
The original hot-tempered Sun Wukong was long gone.
The system's help in improving and breaking through was also very effective.
And most regrettably, Sun Kong was indeed a transmigration. While he wouldn't boast of being able to read minds, at the very least, judging by his previous encounters where he teased the Tathagata, the Jade Emperor, and others,
His emotional intelligence far surpassed most non-saints in this era!
"A fine staff technique!"
"However, it's a pity, your Sun-Moon Staff is still too tender. Compared to the Chaos Golden Cudgel in my hand, it's practically scrap."
"Zhou the Third, don't be unconvinced. Look, the gust of wind you conjured can't even get within a hundred zhang of me. Do you still deny you're weak?"
"Since you're weak, stop embarrassing yourself and don't delay my second brother from enjoying the scenery. If you have the guts, come with me to the ninth heaven for a fight."
"I dare say, you'll be defeated in less than ten moves!"
Facing Zhou Wuxian, a fellow monkey whose personality was completely different from Wuzhiqi, Sun Kong, wisely, did not immediately unleash his Journey to the West Gatling gun to kill him.
Instead, to exploit his personality weakness and win through strength, and also to satisfy his craving for combat that he hadn't experienced much since transmigrating.
After spitting out these more sarcastic words, Sun Kong decisively pulled out the Chaos Golden Cudgel from his ear.
The initial, rudimentary probing between the two staffs commenced.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Dozens of sounds of staffs colliding echoed like thunderclaps, shattering the clouds within a radius of dozens of li, scattering them apart.
And it was Zhou Wuxian, who thought himself superior, who suffered the first round of hardship!
"Oh, damn! This Sun Wukong is indeed the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. His weapon and his martial arts are top-notch. My Sun-Moon Staff was almost knocked away?"
"No, I, Zhou Wuxian, aspire to be the king of all monkeys! I absolutely cannot admit defeat or yield."
"If you want to fight, I'll fight. If you want to go to heaven, I'll go to heaven."
"We are both among the Four Mixed-World Monkeys. Who the hell is afraid of whom?"
Even though his hands, gripping the Sun-Moon Staff, were bleeding and his tiger's mouth had cracked, Zhou Wuxian was too proud and too concerned with appearances.
He gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Subsequently.
He truly followed Sun Kong, who stepped on the Chaos Somersault Cloud, and ascended, leaving the Tongbei Mountain, which neither of them wanted to destroy, and reached the high-altitude clouds thirty thousand li above.
Next.
As expected, the two fought with increasing vigor and excitement.
They shattered more clouds.
They overturned countless rainbows.
And the astonishing sounds of battle made Wuzhiqi, who had not yet caught up from below, tremble with shock and amazement!
They saw.
Sun Kong and Zhou Wuxian, increasingly engrossed, fought all the way to the Heavenly Court.
They caused a commotion in the Heavenly Court, though not a "Great Havoc."
Soon.
Several immortals cried out in pain, truly a case of "monsters fighting, immortals suffering!"
[Ding! Host has shocked Second Brother Wuzhiqi, obtaining reward: Wuzhiqi's exclusive Shock Value, 100 points.]
[Ding! Host currently possesses Wuzhiqi's exclusive Shock Value: 300 points.]
[As the host intends to recruit three peers to replace the originally destined three troublesome teammates, this system will allocate exclusive Shock Value to these three.]
[The reward mechanism for this Shock Value is the same as the original reward mechanism. The difference is that the latter continues to use rewarded items, while the former adopts a numerical system.]
[This Shock Value, when accumulated to a certain extent, can be exchanged for corresponding divine abilities, magical treasures, rare items, elixirs, etc., to enhance the future Second Brother, Third Brother, and Fourth Brother.]
[At the same time, as the elder brother, the host will also receive corresponding rewards each time he shocks the three junior brothers!]
[Ding! Host has shocked Wuzhiqi, obtaining regular reward: "Marquis Wu's Seven-Star Formation"!]
["Marquis Wu's Seven-Seven Star Formation": Upon learning, one can utilize the peerless divination arts of Marquis Wu of the Later Shu to enhance one's own deduction and analysis of the Heavenly Dao, heavenly numbers, and tribulations.]
[Note: This formation cannot be used to divine the existence of sages or beings above the sage level.]
Sun Kong, who was only exerting one-tenth of his strength to subdue Zhou Wuxian, smiled even more joyfully upon hearing this reminder!